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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Violent Sex Offender Captured 24 Hours After Ditching Ankle Bracelet

Norfolk, VA – United States Marshal Robert W. Mathieson
announces the capture of Michael Kuzminski, who was wanted by Chesapeake
Sheriff’s Office for probation violation. Just yesterday, Kuzminski removed his
court-ordered home monitoring ankle bracelet device, which he was required to
wear after failing to register as a violent sex offender. In 1992, Kuzminski
was convicted of taking indecent liberties with a child in Pamlico County,
North Carolina.

After Kuzminski removed his ankle bracelet on June 4th, a
warrant was issued for his arrest. On the morning of June 5th, investigators
with the Chesapeake Criminal Apprehension Unit, which consists of members from
both Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office and Police Department, developed information
that Kuzminski was currently in the area of the JANAF shopping center. The U.S.
Marshals Fugitive Task Force joined the manhunt and set up surveillance around
the area.

Around 11:15 am, Kuzminski was spotted sitting in the
passenger seat of a vehicle that was heading north on Military Highway. As
Kuzminski’s vehicle was stopped in the left turn lane at the intersection of
North Military Highway and Hoggard Road, members of both fugitive units
converged and blocked the vehicle in. Kuzminski was pulled out of the vehicle
and quickly taken into custody.

Kuzminski, who previously resided on the 1500 block of Wood
Avenue in Chesapeake, is currently being held at Chesapeake City Jail.

The U.S. Marshals-led Fugitive Task Force consists of law
enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals, Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office,
Newport News Police Department, Portsmouth Police Department and Norfolk Police
Department. The main objective of the task force is to seek out and arrest
violent offenders with outstanding federal and state warrants.

The U.S. Marshals Service, America’s oldest federal law
enforcement agency, arrested more than 33,700 federal fugitives, 71,000 state
and local fugitives and 11,600 sex offenders in 2014. Our investigative network
and capabilities allow for the unique ability to track and apprehend any
fugitive who attempts to evade police capture, anywhere in the country.